On Tue, Oct 14, 2003 at 03:11:02PM -0400, M3 Freak enlightened us: > Hello all, > > This message probably shouldn't be here, but it's for my tape drive, and > I want to use Amanda, so it KINDA fits. :) > > Anyway, I can use my Seagate STT3401A with the ide-scsi and st modules > when I insert them using modprobe. How do I get this modules loading > automatically when the system boots? > > Currently, I have this in my /etc/modules.conf file (I did this > according to a posting I found in a newsgroup): > > alias ide-tape off > alias scsi-hostadaptor ide-scsi > alias char-major-9 st > > When I rebooted the system, the st module loaded, but ide-scsi did not. > The drive works just fine after I load the ide-scsi module manually. >
Try adding something like this to /etc/modules.conf post-install st /sbin/modprobe ide-scsi > The kernel is configuring the tape device under "/dev/hdd", but I think > it should be under "/dev/nst0". How do I get the kernel to not use > "/dev/hdd"? > That I don't know, I've never used the ide-scsi module. Matt -- Matt Hyclak Department of Mathematics Department of Social Work Ohio University (740) 593-1263